Name: North Indian Easy Tomato Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 kg Tomatoes; 2 nos Carrots; 1 no Onion (large); 2 nos Potato; 5 - Cloves (Grambu); 1 tsp Peppercorns (Kurumulaku); 1" stick Cinnamon (Karugapatta); 2 tbsp Butter; Salt (As reqd); Freshly ground pepper powder (As reqd); 1 - Sugar; 3 tbsp Corn flour; For garnishing:; Bread croutons(1 day old bread, 2/3 slices cut into cubes and fried in oil); Coriander leaves (A few); 2 tbsp Cream

North Indian Easy Tomato Soup

Soup made with tomatoes

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Prep Time 45

Total Time 45

Cuisine North Indian

Servings people

Ingredients

1 kg Tomatoes
2 nos Carrots
1 no Onion large
2 nos Potato
5 - Cloves Grambu
1 tsp Peppercorns Kurumulaku
1" stick Cinnamon Karugapatta
2 tbsp Butter
Salt As reqd
Freshly ground pepper powder As reqd
1 - Sugar
3 tbsp Corn flour
For garnishing:
Bread croutons(1 day old bread, 2/3 slices cut into cubes and fried in oil)
Coriander leaves A few
2 tbsp Cream

Instructions

Heat butter in a pressure cooker.
Add onions, carrots, potatoes, cloves, cinnamon and peppercorns.
Cook, till onions become pale and tansluscent.
Add washed whole tomatoes.
Add around 7 cups of water and pressure cook, until 2 whistles.
Strain the water from the tomatoes into a vessel and after mashing the tomatoes, strain it again.
Grind the tomatoes in the mixer and strain once again.
Discard the seeds and the pith left after straining.
Heat the soup. Stir occasionally, so that it does not get stuck to the bottom of the pan.
Add the corn flour which has been dissolved in 1/2 cup water to the soup, so as to thicken it.
Add salt, freshly ground pepper powder and sugar and cook for 5-6 minutes.
Garnish with bread croutons and chopped coriander leaves.
Put 1 tsp of cream into each bowl before serving.
:- Serve hot.